# tele-
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɛl.ɪ/, /ˈtɛl.ə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈtɛl.ə/

### Prefix

tele-
* over a distance
    telegram
    telerobot
* television
    telecast
    telefantasy
    telethon
* telegraph
    telepost
    teletape
    teletypewriter
* telephone
    telecheck
    telesales
* teleport
    telebooth
* telecommunication
    telemarketing

#### Translations
### References

* Definition of tele - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

### Anagrams

* Leet, Teel, leet, teel

## Basque
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tele/, [t̪e̞.le̞]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (over a distance)
* tele- (relating to television)

#### Derived terms
## Catalan
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˌtɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˌtɛ.le]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “tele-” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “tele-”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “tele-” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “tele-” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛlɛ ]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “tele-”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* tele- in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017

## Dutch
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
## Esperanto
### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tele]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
## Finnish
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtele-/, [ˈt̪e̞le̞-]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Synonyms

* kauko-

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “tele-”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* leet

## Galician
### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (1 and 2)

#### Derived terms

From

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛlɛ]
* Hyphenation: te‧le

### Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle, “at a distance, far off, far away, far from”).

#### Prefix

tele-
* tele-
    ház (“house”) → teleház (“telecenter”)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 2

From the adverb tele (“full”).

#### Prefix

tele-
* (verbal prefix) to the brim, fully, over an entire extent
    pakol (“to pack”) → telepakol (“to fill up something fully with something”)
    firkál (“to scribble”) → telefirkál (“to scribble all over, to fill the available space completely with scribble”)

##### Derived terms
### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian verbal prefixes

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

## Italian
### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (all senses)

#### Derived terms
### Anagrams

* Lete, Letè

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English tele- or Dutch tele-.

### Pronunciation

* (English-based) IPA: [tɛ.li-]
* (Baku) IPA: [te.le-]
* Hyphenation: te‧le-

### Prefix

tele- (Jawi spelling تيليـ)
* (non-productive) tele-
    telefon ― telephone
    telekomunikasi ― telecommunication
    televisyen ― television

#### Derived terms
## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
### References

* “tele-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Prefix

tele-
* tele-

#### Derived terms
### References

* “tele-” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* elet, elte, etle, leet, lete, léte, tele

## Polish
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tɛ.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛlɛ
* Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (over a distance)
* tele- (relating to television)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* tele- in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Internationalism (see English tele-), ultimately from Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˌtɛ.le/, /te.le/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˌtɛ.lɛ/, /tɨ.lɨ/

### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (over a distance)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “tele-”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Serbo-Croatian
### Prefix

tele- (Cyrillic spelling теле-)
* tele-

#### Derived terms
## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tele/ [t̪e.le]
* Syllabification: te‧le-

### Prefix

tele-
* tele- (1 and 2)

#### Derived terms
### Further reading

* “tele-”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Prefix

tele-
* tele-; bridging large distances (e.g. telepati, telefon, telepresens)
* tele-; pertaining to telecommunications (e.g. televerk, telebolag, teleingenjör)

#### Usage notes

* In 1953 the Swedish telegraph and telephone administration, previously known as telegrafverket, was renamed televerket.

#### See also

* fjärr-

### References

* tele- in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* tele- in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* tele- in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)